Therapy and the Calling to Excel

You were troubled and unhappy and so you sought therapy. Maybe you were depressed or couldn’t sleep. Maybe you were anxious or so distracted you couldn’t get anything done. Whatever your symptoms were, they motivated you to get help. You looked outside yourself for guidance and healing. In your therapy, if you were lucky, you…

Through Brokenness, Salvation

Broken: not working; in need of repair. Broken has a bad connotation. Things that are broken are often thrown out. Their value drops dramatically. Yet, for individuals who have been living at odds with their deeper self, brokenness can be salvation. When you are broken, life grinds to a halt. You can feel it shutting…

Darby, The Girl who Feeds Crows

Darby is an 8 year-old girl from Seattle who at the age of 4 started leaving food for the crows in her backyard. When she was old enough to attend school she would break apart her sandwiches and leave a trail of crumbs behind her for the crows to gobble up. Naturally, she developed quite…